CBSE BOARD

Mathematics Sample Paper

Class VII

General Instructions

1. The paper is divided into 4 sections; A, B, C, and D

2. Section A consists of 10 questions of 1 mark each.
3. Section B consists of 10 questions of 2 marks each.
4. Section C consists of 10 questions of 3 marks each.
5. Section D consists of 8 questions of 5 marks each.

SECTION A

(1 Mark Questions)

1. Find the value of 10   6   2   8

10   6   2   8
 10   6  2  8
Ans.  10  4   8
 40  8
5

2. On number line, we move to the left if we add a______________ integer.

Ans. On a number line, we move to the left it the obtained number is less than the given number.
So if we add a negative integer to the given integer we will move to the left.

3. Find the absolute value of 8

Ans. Absolute value of 8 = 8

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4. Find the product of (−5) × (−8)

Ans. 5  8  40

Q 5. _____________ ÷(−10)= 1

Ans . ________ ÷ (−10) =1

Or ____________ =1×( -10)

Or _______= −10

(−10) ÷(−10) =1

6. Write a positive and a negative integer whose sum is 8.

Ans. The positive and negative integer whose sum is – 8 are −12 and 4

12  4   8

1 4 2
7. Find the value of  
6 5 3

1 4 3
Ans.  
6 5 2

1

5

8. Find the fraction of shaded area.

Ans . Total no of boxes = 7

No of shaded boxes =4

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Fraction indicating shaded boxes =
7

9. Find the value of 0.85÷ 5

0.85
Ans. 0.85÷5 can be writhen as that is =0.17.
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10. The length and breadth of a rectangle is 6.8 cm and 4 cm respectively. Find its area.

Ans. Area of rectangle =Length × breadth =6.8×4=27.2cm²

SECTION B

(2 Marks Questions)

11. Express in exponential notation

(a) a  a  c  b  b  c  a

(b) 3  p  p  r  3  q  p  r  q

Ans:

(a) a  a  c  b  b  c  a

Bringing like terms together we get,

 aaabbcc
 a 3b 2 c 2

(b) 3  p  p  r  3  q  p  r  q

Bringing like terms together we get,

 3 3 p  p  p  q  q  r  r
 9 p3q 2 r 2

12. Out of 450 students in a school, only 350 students attended class on a particular day.
What fraction of students were absent from the school on that day?

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Ans.

No. of students in school = 450

No. of students who attended the school = 350

∴ No. of students who were absent from school = 450  350  100

100 2
Therefore, the fraction of students who were absent from school = 
450 9

13. If 16 is subtracted from twice a number then it gives 4 more than 1.5 times of the
original number. What is the number?

Ans.

Let the number be x

If 16 is subtracted from twice the number, then the number will be = 2x 16

4 more than 1.5 times of the number = 1.5x  4

 2 x  16  1.5 x  4
2 x  1.5 x  4  16
0.5 x  12
12
x  24
0.5

Therefore, the original number is 24.

14. What is the exterior angle in any equilateral triangle?

Ans.

Let’s make the figure

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The given ∆ABC is an equilateral triangle

So, ABC  ACB  BAC  60

The exterior angle is equal to the sum of opposite angles

ACD  ABC  BAC

So, ACD  60  60
ACD  120

15. The age of female teachers in a school is: 21yr, 20yr, 24yr, 22yr, 36yr, 30yr, 26yr. Find
the range of the age of teachers in that school?

Ans.

The range is the difference between the smallest value and the largest value. Among the given
ages,

The smallest age is 20yrs

The largest age is 36 yrs

Therefore, the range of the age of teachers in school is 36  20  16 yrs

16. Write a positive integer and a negative integer whose sum is 3 .

Ans. For the resultant to be negative, the negative integer should be greater than the positive
integer.

If the positive integer is 9 then the negative integer will be 12 .

Then, 9  (12)  9  12  3

17. The lengths of two sides of a triangle are 18 cm and 25 cm, between what two measures
should the length of the third side fall?

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Ans. The third side of the triangle should not be more than the sum of remaining two sides and
should not be less than the difference of the remaining two sides.

The sum of two sides of triangle = 18  25  43cm

The difference between two sides of triangle = 25 18  7cm

Therefore, the third side should not be less than 7cm and more than 43cm.

18. Express 10800 as a product of prime factor only in exponential form?

Ans. The prime factors of 10800 are = 2  2  2  2  3 3 3 5  5

It can be written in exponential form as = 243352

19. Which of the following is smaller 2/5 of 4/7 or 6/7 of 3/5?

Ans.

2 4 8
2 / 5 of 4 / 7   
5 7 35

6 3 18
6 / 7 of 3 / 5   
7 5 35

8 18 8
From and the smaller number is .
35 35 35

Therefore, 2 / 5 of 4 / 7 is smaller than 6 / 7 of 3 / 5 .

20. Find mode and median of 102, 108, 104, 102, 105, 105, 109, 107, 105.

Ans. To find the median of the given data we need to arrange it in increasing or decreasing order.

The data arranged in increasing order will be: 102, 102,104,105,105,105,107,108,109.

 N 1  9 1
Median = Size of   th item = Size of   th item = Size of 5th item  105
 2   2 

Mode = Most repetitive item = 105

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 SECTION C

(3 Marks Questions)

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21. A car travels 3 km in 1 liter of petrol. How much distance will it travels in 40 liters?
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1 10
Ans. The distance travelled by a car in 1 liter of petrol = 3 km = kms
3 3

10 40 1
The distance travelled by car in 40 liters of petrol =  40   13 kms
3 3 3

22. Find the values of the unknown angles x and y in the following figure:

Ans. The exterior angle of the triangle is equal to the sum of its opposite angles.

 150  50  x
150  50  x
x  100

The sum of all the angles of a triangle is equal to 1800.

 50  x  y  180
Substitute x by 100
50  100  y  180
150  y  180
y  180  150  30

23. Find the mean of the given numbers: 7/3, 5, 5/6, 11/3 and 7?

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Ans.

Sum of all the Observations

Mean =
Number of Observations

7 5 11
Sum of all the given observations = 5  7
3 6 3

The L.C.M of 3,6,3 = 6

7 5 11
Therefore, 5  7
3 6 3

7  2 5  6 5 11 2 7  6
    
6 6 6 6 6
14 30 5 22 42
    
6 6 6 6 6
113

6

Total number of observation = 5

113
Sum of all the Observations 113 113 23
Mean = = 6   3
Number of Observations 5 6  5 30 30

24. A shopkeeper sells one transistor for Rs. 960 at a gain of 20% and another for Rs. 860
at a loss of 14%. What is his total gain or loss percent?

 100 
Ans. The cost price =   SP
 100  Gain% 

 100  100  960

The cost price of the 1st transistor sold for Rs.960 =   960   800
 100  20  120

 100  100  860

The cost price of the 2nd transistor sold for Rs. 860 =   860   1000
 100  14  86

Therefore the cost price of both the transistors = 800  1000  1800
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The selling price of both the transistors = 960  860  1820

Gain = 1820 1800  Rs.20

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Gain % = 100  1.11%
1800

25. Draw a right angled triangle in which hypotenuse is of length 5 cm and one side of
length 12 cm. Also measure the length of third side.

Ans. The steps of construction for drawing the given triangle are:

1. Draw a line BX and then a perpendicular BY on BX

2. Take radius of 5cm and cut the line segment BX at point A.
3. Take radius of 12cm and cut the line segment BY at point C.
4. Join the points A and C.
5. The so formed triangle ABC is the required triangle.
6. AC is of 13cm

26. In a class there are 50 students. If average marks obtained by the entire class in Hindi is
42. Find the sum of marks obtained by all the students.

Ans. Number of students in the class = 50

Average marks of all the students in Hindi = 42

Therefore, total marks obtained by all the students is = 50  42  2100

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27.Triangle ABC is a right angled at A, If AC = 3cm and AB = 4cm then how much is BC?

Ans. The figure of the triangle given above is

Using Pythagoras theorem,

BC 2  AB 2  AC 2
BC 2  32  42
BC 2  9  16
BC 2  25
BC  25  5

Therefore, BC = 5 cm

28. Ramesh invested Rs.25000 for 4 yrs and after 4 yrs he received Rs.31000. Find the rate
of simple interest.

Ans. In the given question

P= 25000

A = 31000

T=4

R=?

A  PI

By substituting the values we get,

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31000  25000  I
I  31000  25000  6000

PRT
I 
100
25000  R  4
6000 
100
6000  1000 R
R  6%

29. Arrange the given numbers in descending order 5/6, 2/3, 5/9 and 4/15?

Ans. To arrange the given numbers in descending order, we first need to make the denominator
of all the fractional number same. For this we will take the L.C.M of the denominators.

L.C.M of 6,3,9 and 15 is = 90

5 2 5 4
Therefore, , , ,
6 3 9 15

5 15 2  30 5 10 4  6
 , , ,
90 90 90 90
75 60 50 24
 , , ,
90 90 90 90
75 60 50 24
   
90 90 90 90
5 2 5 4
   
6 3 9 15

30. A coin is flipped to decide which team will start the game. What is the probability that
your team will start the game?

Ans. If a coin is flipped, then the outcome will be HEAD or TAIL

1
The chances of obtaining a Head is =
2

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The chances of obtaining a Tail is =
2

1
Therefore, the probability that my team will start the game is =
2

SECTION D

(5 Marks Questions)

31. Verify  –14  21   –15   –14   21   –14    –15

Ans. Taking L.H.S

 –14    21   –15 

  –14    21  15
 (14)  (6)
 8 4

Taking R.H.S

 –14   21   –14    –15  

  294   (210)
 294  210
 84

∴L.H.S=R.H.S

32. A tree is broken at height of 12 m from ground. Peak of the tree touches the ground at a
distance of 9m from the tree. Find length of tree.

Ans. The given information can be presented as below:

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The length of the tree BC can be found by using Pythagoras Theorem

BC  AB 2  AC 2
BC  12 2  9 2
BC  144  81
BC  225  15

Therefore, the length of the tree is 15m.

33. The marks obtained by a child in two terms are given below:

English Science Hindi Math

Term 1 62 58 60 50
Term 2 75 65 45 55

Draw the double graph to represent the given data.

Ans.

The graph representing the given details is given below:

80

60

40 Term 1
Term 2
20

0
English Science Hindi Math

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34. Sujesh’s father’s age is 5 years more than seven times Sujesh’s age. Find Sujesh’s age, if
his father is 54 years old?

Ans. Let the age of Sujesh be = x

Age of Sujesh’s father = 5  7x

 54  5  7 x
54  5  7 x
49  7 x
49
x  7 yrs
7

Therefore, Sujesh is 7 yrs old.

35. Find the area of the rectangle whose length is 40 cm and a diagonal is 41 cm.

Ans. The given figure will be

In the given figure, there are two triangles ∆ABD and ∆BCD

For ∆ABC

AD  BD 2  AB 2
AD  412  402
AD  81
AD  9  BC

Area of rectangle = L  B

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L  B  40  9  36cm 2

36. Find the amount to be paid at the end of 3 years in each case: (a) Principal = Rs 1,200 at
12% p.a. (b) Principal = Rs 7,500 at 5% p.a.

Ans.

(a)

Amount  A   Principal  P   Interest  I 

Interest  Principal x Rate x Time

Here,

P = 1200; R= 12% and T = 3

Interest  Principal x Rate x Time

Interest  1200 12%  3  432
Amount  A  Principal  P   Interest  I 
Amount  1200  432  1632

(b)

Amount  A   Principal  P   Interest  I 

Interest  Principal x Rate x Time

Here,

P = 7500; R= 5% and T = 3

Interest  Principal x Rate x Time

Interest  7500  5%  3  1125
Amount  A  Principal  P   Interest  I 
Amount  7500  1125  8625

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37. A small circle is located inside a square as shown in the figure below. The radius of
circle is 5 cm and the length of one side of square is 10 cm. What is the area of the
shaded region?

Ans.

The area of square = Side 2 = 102  100cm2

22 550
The area of circle =  r 2   5 5 
7 7

The area of shaded region

 Area of Square – Area of Circle

550
 100 
7
700  550

7
150

7
21.43

38. PS is a median of a triangle PQR. Is PQ + QR + RP > 2PS? (Consider the sides of

triangles PQS and PRS.)

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Ans. Since, the sum of lengths of any two sides in a triangle should be greater than the length of
third side.

Therefore, In ΔPQS, PQ + QS > PS ……….(i)

In ΔPRS, PR + RS > PS ……….(ii)

Adding eq. (i) and (ii),

PQ + QS + PR + RS > PS + PS

⇒ PQ + PR + (QS + RS) > 2 PS

⇒ PQ + PR + QR > 2 PS

Hence, it is true.

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